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April 16, 2018 Series 2 Introduction: New Layout & Sponsor, Setapp
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5 min
March 22, 2018Travelling the World, Growing & Building Consultancy | Tomas Laurinavicius
What sort of work do you do day‐to‐day?
After a rich morning routine (meditation, reading, journaling, and exercising), Tomas spends his days focusing on his blog, catching up with emails, and editing his upcoming book.
What is your daily to‐do list tool? And why?
Todoist (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows/Web) (Both for personal and work tasks)
How do you go about taking notes?
Physical notebook
Apple Notes (iOS/Mac) (For notes on the go)
Evernote (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows) (For longer notes)
What do you use when it comes to organising your calendar?
WorldTimeBuddy (For checking out timezones)
Apple Calendar (Mac/iOS)
Do you use a certain tool for tracking projects? Or do you solely use a task list?
Tomas tracks his projects following his self-awareness rules and the Mental Framework.
What hardware do you use for work? (phone, laptop, pc)
13-inch MacBook Pro
iPhone X
Apple Mouse
Audio-Technica Microphone
Zoom H1 Handy Recorder
Sony RX100 Camera
Apple Magic Keyboard
STANDapart laptop stand
Beats Studio 3 Wireless Headphones
Beats Wireless Earphones
Do you use any analog/offline processes?
Set internet-free hours
No phone on Sunday and just read or meet people outside
Monitor your energy in order to understand when to be productive or not, be more spontaneous from time to time
Find Tomas:
Newsletter - here
Blog - here
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
Special Guest: Tomas Laurinavicius.
40 min
March 17, 2018Printable Productivity, Mastering YouTube & Notebooks | Alexis Miss Trenchcoat
What sort of work do you do day‐to‐day?
Alexis runs her business theming her days doing some batch work. She takes care of the customer service and content creation aspect of her job, writes blog posts, creates videos and Instagram photos, works on new products and manages her online courses.
What is your daily to‐do list tool? And why?
Charmed Life Planner
How do you go about taking notes?
Note section in her Charmed Life Planner
Apple Notes (Mac/iOS) (For notes and ideas on the go)
What do you use when it comes to organising your calendar?
Charmed Life Planner
Apple Calendar (Mac/iOS)
Do you use a certain tool for tracking projects? Or do you solely
use a task list?
Functional Planning Bundle
What hardware do you use for work? (phone, laptop, pc)
11-inch MacBook Air
iPhone 8
Western Digital Hard Drive
What are your 3 favoured apps for getting the work done? (Eg.
marketing, designing)
Adobe Photoshop (Mac/Windows)
Adobe InDesign (Mac/Windows)
Final Cut Pro X (Mac)
Afterlight (iOS/Android) (For editing photos)
Clear (iOS) (For lists and ideas)
Canon Camera Connect (iOS/Android)
What app do you use for handling emails?
Apple Mail (For personal and work)
Mailchilmp (For newsletters)
What's your planning process? How do you plan for the week or
month ahead?
Alexis layouts all her projects at the beginning of the year, each quarter and each month she reviews her goals and projects, she also performs monthly and weekly reviews.
Each Sunday she plans her top 5 projects for the week and then her top 3 tasks for the next day.
Do you use any analog/offline processes?
Meditation in the morning
Walking her dog
Exercising at home
Listen to audiobooks on Audible
Changing her working space around her home
Find Alexis:
Website - here
The Charmed Shop -
22 min
March 08, 2018Workplace Culture, Remote Work & Podcasting | Hailley Griffis
What sort of work do you do day‐to‐day?
Hailley executes on PR strategies, emails reporters interacting with Buffer, writes and publish blog content, records podcasts, works on campaigns related to Buffer culture.
What is your daily to‐do list tool? And why?
Todoist (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows/Web) (Both for personal and work tasks)
How do you go about taking notes?
Physical notebook (For quick notes)
Dropbox Paper (Android/iOS) (For long-term notes)
Do you use a certain tool for tracking projects? Or do you solely
use a task list?
Dropbox Paper (Android/iOS) for collaboration
Trello (iOS/Android/Windows) (For high level overviews)
What hardware do you use for work? (phone, laptop, pc)
iPhone 7
MacBook
Magic Trackpad
Yeti Blue Microphone
What are your 3 favoured apps for getting the work done? (Eg.
marketing, designing)
Todoist (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows/Web)
Dropbox Paper (Android/iOS)
Trello (iOS/Android/Windows)
What are your team communication tools?
Discourse
Slack (iOS/Android/Windows/Mac)
Zoom
Twist (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows)
What app do you use for handling emails?
Gmail
Inbox by Gmail (Android/iOS)
What's your planning process? How do you plan for the week or
month ahead?
Plans on Monday morning, adds all the tasks in Todoist prioritizing them with a look at the content calendar.
Do you use any analog/offline processes?
Fitbit (For reminders to move every hour)
Plans things for the end of the day to unplug and treats the laptop has her office.
Find Hailley:
Twitter - @hailleymari
Website - here
Podcast - MakeWorkWork
Special Guest: Hailley Griffis.
19 min
March 05, 2018 Building an Agency, Managing Time & Crafting Your Schedule | Christoph Magnussen | 007
Episode #07 | Tools They Use
GUEST: Christoph Magnussen from Blackboat
Welcome to another episode of Tools They Use! This episode is brought to you by Christoph Magnussen, an entrepreneur, Keynote speaker, and technology enthusiast from Germany.
He’s also the founder of Blackboat, a tech-focused consulting company, designed to help leaders increase team efficiency and productivity, and runs a YouTube channel where he documents the tools he uses and his days at work.
Please, enjoy this episode and be sure to check out the show notes below.
SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE HERE: http://docdro.id/5PEXpBR
Don’t forget to tell Francesco about your iTunes reviews! Email: [email protected]
25 min
March 05, 2018 Printable Productivity, Mastering YouTube & Notebooks | Alexis Miss Trenchcoat
Welcome to another episode of Tools They Use! This week's guest is Alexis Giostra, an online entrepreneur who designs digital content and strategies to help you work smarter, not harder.
Alexis runs a YouTube channel where she teaches tips and tricks for getting more done, growing your business, using social media and how to plan + execute on your life. She also creates content for her blog, Strange & Charmed, and her online shop.
Please, enjoy this episode and be sure to check out the show notes below:
https://toolstheyuse.fireside.fm/009
30 min
March 02, 2018 Evernote Set-up, Phone Shutdown & Morning Pages | Anthony Ongaro | Episiode 06
Episode #06 | Tools They Use
GUEST: Anthony Ongaro from Break the Twitch
The sixth episode of Tools They Use is brought to you by Anthony Ongaro, a YouTuber, filmmaker and author of Break the Twitch, The Book.
Anthony runs a website and YouTube channel called Break the Twitch all about minimizing distractions and doing more of what matters focusing on minimalism, habits and creativity.
Please, enjoy this episode and be sure to check out the show notes below:
http://docdro.id/RvHnskX
26 min
February 26, 2018 Most Important Tasks, Strict Habits & Mastering Health with Apps | Alexander Heyne
Episode #05 | Tools They Use
GUEST: Alexander Heyne from Modern Health Monk
The fifth episode of Tools They Use is brought to you by Alexander Heyne, YouTube content creator and Amazon bestseller author.
Through Modern Health Monk, Alexander shows busy professionals how to lose weight and feel amazing with the power of tiny, daily habits. He's also studying at medical school.
Please, enjoy this episode and be sure to check out the show notes below.
SHOW NOTES: https://www.docdroid.net/8nmWKMh/tools-they-use-episode-005.pdf
33 min
February 22, 2018 Life at Todoist, Planning on Sundays & Dropbox Paper | Alex Muench
Episode #04 | Tools They Use
GUEST: Alex Muench from Doist (Creators of Todoist & Twist)
Firstly, welcome to the Tools They Use podcast, a brand-new addition to helping you to create a productive lifestyle.
With hundreds of podcasts covering advice around productivity and getting things done, Tools They Use takes a difference stance by interviewing creators, professionals and teams about what tools and apps they use on a daily basis, inside and outside of work to accomplish their goals.
Today’s guest is Alex Muench, product designer at Doist, the company behind Todoist and Twist.Alex works remotely from Germany and runs an amazing Dribble profile where he shares all his work as a product designer.
Excited for this one!
SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE HERE: http://docdro.id/5H94YJc
18 min
February 19, 2018 Buffer's Ash Read dives into Dropbox Paper, Discourse & Apple Apps | 003 Tools They Use
Episode 3 | Tools They Use
GUEST: Ashley Read at Buffer
This episode of Tools They Use is brought to you by Ash Read, freelance strategist and writer at Buffer.
Ash created contents for the likes of Buzzfeed, Lifehacker, Entrepreneur and more. He's fascinated by storytelling, entrepreneurship, and the role technology and digital communication play in our everyday lives.
Please, enjoy this episode and be sure to check out the show notes below.
SHOW NOTES PDF: http://docdro.id/Nt2Xace
With all links mentioned by Ash.
ALL SHOW NOTES HERE: http://keepproductive.com/tools-they-use
What sort of work do you do day‐to‐day?
Writing and editing content, research elements planning or optimizing.
What is your daily to‐do list tool? And why?
Pen and paper (For daily to do lists and to plan the day by the hour)
Google Calendar (Android/iOS) (For time blocking)
How do you go about taking notes?
Apple Notes (iOS/Mac) (For notes on the go)
Google Docs (For notes and content creation)
WordPress (For writing on Buffer)
Pen and paper (For personal notes)
What do you use when it comes to organising your calendar?
Google Calendar (Android/iOS)
Apple Calendar (Mac/iOS) (For the native iPhone widget)
Do you use a certain tool for tracking projects? Or do you solely
use a task list?
Paper (Android/iOS) (For sharing notes and projects at Buffer)
Dropbox (Android/iOS/Windows/Mac) (For file storage)
What hardware do you use for work? (phone, laptop, pc)
iPhone 7 Plus
21.5-inch iMac
MacBook
What are your 3 favoured apps for getting the work done? (Eg.
marketing, designing)
Sketch
WordPress
Ghost (For personal blogging)
Buffer (For social media management)
What are your team communication tools?
Slack (iOS/Android/Windows/Mac)
Discourse (For conversations that aren’t as demanding as Slack)
What app do you use for handling emails?
Gmail (From the browser)
Apple Mail (On mobile)
What’s your planning process? How do you plan for the week or
month ahead?
Monthly goals planning format
Buffer content calendar on Trello (iOS/Android/Windows)
Yearly content goals on Paper
Any of other notable apps you do like to mention that you use to
get things done?
CloudApp
Spotify
VPN software for coffee shops
Do you use any analog/offline processes?
A notebook for personal notes.
Find Ash:
Twitter - here
Buffer Blog - here
24 min

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